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speaker boehner sounding somewhat optimistic. the president says that he is even open to some good ideas from republicans. he said he will not slam the door in their faces. but, again, the bottom line, the president not wanting these bush era tax cuts to be extended to wealthy americans, soledad. >> dan lothian for us this morning. before i let you go, let's talk about susan rice. obviously, you know, we see the president pretty angry, curious might be a good we to describe it, too, in defending her. how do you think that's going to end up? >> reporter: that's right. it was a very full throated defense from the president, something we've not heard from him up to this point. the president sort of making the point here if you want to attack anyone, attack me. and calling the attacks from republicans, in particular, senator john mccain, who has been going after ambassador rice because he believes that the narrative that she told shortly after those attacks as they turned out not to be the case and he wants to know why. he said we're
speaker boehner sounding somewhat optimistic. the president says that he is even open to some good ideas from republicans. he said he will not slam the door in their faces. but, again, the bottom line, the president not wanting these bush era tax cuts to be extended to wealthy americans, soledad. >> dan lothian for us this morning. before i let you go, let's talk about susan rice. obviously, you know, we see the president pretty angry, curious might be a good we to describe it, too, in...
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john boehner sitting by himself. all alone. not a single member of his party willing to share his company. he didn't even have any milk to drink because -- well, tell them why, john. >> they had taken my milk and thrown it in the garbage. >> they took it and threw it in the garbage. >> that's jay ferrell as president obama. he is so good at this. candy crowley actually thought that was president obama. >> he is so good at his delivery. >>> let's talk about our documentary that aired last night. fifth installment of the "black in america" series. we asked the question who is black in america? it unravels the complicated, densely packed issue of racial identity in in country. here is a clip. you must have been told, well, you're not really black like 100 million zillion times. >> you know, i love that conversation. >> you do? you love that conversation. why? i hate that conversation. >> it is fascinating to me. it is fascinating. >> so what do you check when you have to fill out a form, like a census? >> i say black now. but as l
john boehner sitting by himself. all alone. not a single member of his party willing to share his company. he didn't even have any milk to drink because -- well, tell them why, john. >> they had taken my milk and thrown it in the garbage. >> they took it and threw it in the garbage. >> that's jay ferrell as president obama. he is so good at this. candy crowley actually thought that was president obama. >> he is so good at his delivery. >>> let's talk about our...
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listen to what john boehner said about being reasonable. some rhetoric that's very con silltory. >> we talk about all kinds of things we may disagree on. i'm the most reasonable responsible person here in washington. the president knows this. he knows that he and i can work together. now the election is over. now it's time to get to work. >> reporter: now the important thing that speaker boehner said, soledad, was that increased revenue would be on the table. so that's the thing to tell you that there may be some middle ground. of course, the devil is in the details. the idea here, though, is that if a framework could be worked on, you may see deductions close, tax credits go away. some deductions, some loopholes closed. and, you know, a lot of people -- even if they're in that top income bracket where they're supposed to be paying 35% or that's the maximum they would pay, some of them effectively are not paying that. they still could be paying more in tax dollars. that could create more revenue. yet the tax rate itself could not go up. com
listen to what john boehner said about being reasonable. some rhetoric that's very con silltory. >> we talk about all kinds of things we may disagree on. i'm the most reasonable responsible person here in washington. the president knows this. he knows that he and i can work together. now the election is over. now it's time to get to work. >> reporter: now the important thing that speaker boehner said, soledad, was that increased revenue would be on the table. so that's the thing to...
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that's what speaker boehner says. you have to listen to that we'll be back in just a moment. of general mills big g cereal,x there's more whole grain than any other ingredient. that's why it's listed first. get more whole grain than any other ingredient... just look for the white check. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota, that's why there's guys like me. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and protect land - by reducing our footprint and respecting wildlife. america's natural gas... domestic,
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you want to get a debt ceiling increase, both speaker boehner and the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell have made it clear, you want $1 trillion of more debt ceiling, because that's what the president is running, $1 trillion more debts, you have to cut it at the same time. they won it a year ago. they'll win it in the future. this is a long fight. it's four years of a fight. it's not one week of a fight. to your earlier question, does the president want to take us over the cliff? i think now he does. the reason is he needs an excuse for the next four years of failure. blaming it on bush doesn't work very much. the regulations and spending he's put on the economy for the next four years is going to put us in recession regardless of the fiscal cliff. >> to be fair, i'm told there are a number of republicans, especially in the house, who want to go over the cliff for the reason i explained, that they'd much rather vote for a tax cut than a tax increase because they don't want to break your pledge. grover, thank you very much. appreciate it. >> no one should break their ple
you want to get a debt ceiling increase, both speaker boehner and the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell have made it clear, you want $1 trillion of more debt ceiling, because that's what the president is running, $1 trillion more debts, you have to cut it at the same time. they won it a year ago. they'll win it in the future. this is a long fight. it's four years of a fight. it's not one week of a fight. to your earlier question, does the president want to take us over the cliff?...
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including, in my opinion, john boehner. however, we ought not to hold hostage middle-class tax cuts, and that's what you're talking about, tom cole, that wasn't a question of compromise, it was simply to say, look, we all agree that middle-class tax rates ought not to get a tax increase on january 1st. not good for them. not good for the economy. we'll pass that. the senate's passed a bipartisan bill that called for that. tom cole the former chairman of the republican campaign committee in the house of representatives said just earlier this week we'll all pass that. i agree with him. secondly, the republicans have agreed that we need to have some sort of balance, more and more republicans are saying we need to have revenues. you cannot do it simply with cutting spending. thirdly, i don't think that anybody wants to hurt the vulnerable in america. >> no, i think -- but the question, the question here is, is on the issue of taxes for instance. the president proposed tax cuts -- i'm sorry tax increases that went beyond what th
including, in my opinion, john boehner. however, we ought not to hold hostage middle-class tax cuts, and that's what you're talking about, tom cole, that wasn't a question of compromise, it was simply to say, look, we all agree that middle-class tax rates ought not to get a tax increase on january 1st. not good for them. not good for the economy. we'll pass that. the senate's passed a bipartisan bill that called for that. tom cole the former chairman of the republican campaign committee in the...
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it's the formula that john boehner agreed to. and it's the formula that the extreme tea party congress rejected. they are willing to end the medicare benefit, to end the guaranteed medicare benefit, turn it into a voucher, and at the same time -- >> in 2023. right? let's put that in. >> they are wrong in 2023, and they are wrong now. they are wrong in 2023, soledad, and they are wrong now. >> steve israel joining us this morning. he is the chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee. thank you for talking with us. we always appreciate it. >>> we have to take a break. still ahead, the republican response from senator kay bailey hutchison straight ahead. >>> on alert for tropical storm isaac. the storm is expected to slam into florida. it could be a big problem for the republican national convention. we'll listen to governor rick scott, who will be updating everybody about the situation there. of course he is the governor of florida. >>> and craig fugate will join us. he is the administrator of fema. he'll be tellin
it's the formula that john boehner agreed to. and it's the formula that the extreme tea party congress rejected. they are willing to end the medicare benefit, to end the guaranteed medicare benefit, turn it into a voucher, and at the same time -- >> in 2023. right? let's put that in. >> they are wrong in 2023, and they are wrong now. they are wrong in 2023, soledad, and they are wrong now. >> steve israel joining us this morning. he is the chairman of the democratic...
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. >>> and president obama and house speaker boehner mum on fiscal cliff negotiations. and a sign that a deal could be near. >>> new world order, the economy growing at an enormous rate in china, and in a few years it will surpass the u.s. what it means, coming up. >>> dozens of homes damaged in the south, ripping off roofs and damaging trees. more to come. stamp watch, straight ahead. >>> lots to talk about this morning. the next two hours, we'll talk with steve israel. jeff sessions, sandy levin, rahm emanuel and businessman javier paolomarez, ed burns, frankie monday easy, and chuck leavell. "starting point" begins right now. welcome, everybody. "starting point" this morning, angry, united. bracing for protests in michigan as the state is poised to become the most unionized right to work state. as many as 10,000 unionized workers expected at the state capitol to voice their disapproval of the measure. some of them teachers, two detroit area school districts shut down for the day as hundreds of teachers plan to join the protest. president obama brought it up during a
. >>> and president obama and house speaker boehner mum on fiscal cliff negotiations. and a sign that a deal could be near. >>> new world order, the economy growing at an enormous rate in china, and in a few years it will surpass the u.s. what it means, coming up. >>> dozens of homes damaged in the south, ripping off roofs and damaging trees. more to come. stamp watch, straight ahead. >>> lots to talk about this morning. the next two hours, we'll talk with...
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it ended -- boehner reached out to the president. they had lots of meetings. i described their private meetings in detail. as boehner said, at one of the first meetings, the president was cidrinking iced tea and chewing on an nicorette because of his smoking habit and there's boehner over there having a cigarette and red wine, merlot. in a since, they made some progress, but they did not get there. i chart in thousand of words the exact negotiations, the phone calls. you see something that didn't get fixed. i is an i term shame it didn't get fixed. >> why after this research it is harder today to make deals. you see the history of this, people are able to make deals when there are real people sitting across from each other. what is it about this moment or people that makes it impossible? >> part of it is the tea party and the republican house particularly, where they don't want to compromise at all, where they do not want anything that looks like a tax increase. but also on the democratic side and the president, he does not want to cut these entitlement progra
it ended -- boehner reached out to the president. they had lots of meetings. i described their private meetings in detail. as boehner said, at one of the first meetings, the president was cidrinking iced tea and chewing on an nicorette because of his smoking habit and there's boehner over there having a cigarette and red wine, merlot. in a since, they made some progress, but they did not get there. i chart in thousand of words the exact negotiations, the phone calls. you see something that...
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the white house saying that boehner counteroffer is nothing new, that it lacks specifics. but i will tell you, zoraida, that one house democratic aid telling cnn that it passed the laugh test. so certainly i guess it could have been worse in some estimations by democrats. >> i suspect some people were laughing. brianna keilar live at the white house for us, thank you. in the next half hour, we'll talk about the prospect for a fiscal cliff deal with california's democratic congressman xavier becerra. >>> the rain and flooding are relentless in northern california. four storms in less than a week left at least one death now attributed to those storms. and more rain is expected today. let's get right to meteorologist rob marciano. he is following it all from the cnn weather center in atlanta. good morning. >> good morning, zoraida. this is the worst stretch of storms that northern california has seen really in about two years. another punch today then we'll set up for a dry trend. the good news is that it has been dry so the ground, even though we've seen a lot of major flood
the white house saying that boehner counteroffer is nothing new, that it lacks specifics. but i will tell you, zoraida, that one house democratic aid telling cnn that it passed the laugh test. so certainly i guess it could have been worse in some estimations by democrats. >> i suspect some people were laughing. brianna keilar live at the white house for us, thank you. in the next half hour, we'll talk about the prospect for a fiscal cliff deal with california's democratic congressman...
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speaker boehner threw cold water on that. what's your reaction? >> they are talking about a bill that already passed the senate. i voted against it. i don't think we should raise taxes on anybody at times like these. with unemployment so high, people looking for work -- >> no giving on that point? >> i don't think we should raise taxes on anybody. >> you and ambassador susan rice was on capitol hill. met with senators. didn't appear to go as well as she hoped. you have been on the record saying you would oppose her nomination as secretary of state. do you still feel that way? >> do i. i believe she disqualified herself as secretary of state by going on five sunday shows and giving bad information to the american people. as secretary of state we need somebody who has sound judgment -- she just parroted information she was given. a secretary of state needs to have sound judgment, ask tough questions, and should not be willing to just read talking points. you need to be thoughtful and ask the tough questions before speaking. she just didn't do that.
speaker boehner threw cold water on that. what's your reaction? >> they are talking about a bill that already passed the senate. i voted against it. i don't think we should raise taxes on anybody at times like these. with unemployment so high, people looking for work -- >> no giving on that point? >> i don't think we should raise taxes on anybody. >> you and ambassador susan rice was on capitol hill. met with senators. didn't appear to go as well as she hoped. you have...
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let's go. >> boehner says he'll only agree to raise the debt ceiling if it's offset by a greater amount of spending cuts. >>> u.s. stock futures flat but european markets are down on concerns again about greece. that country's president is warning of a possible run on the banks there. greek citizens are worried the country may have to leave the euro currency. they are withdrawing money from the banks, feverishly over the past few days. more on this story as it develops. >>> facebook boosting the size of its ipo offer by 25% looking to raise up to $16 billion. welcome news one day after big three automaker general motors said it's pulling its ads from facebook. sources told the wall street journal, gm is pulling ads because it had little effect on consumers. >>> california will take a big bite out of it. facebook employees will pay $1.1 million each in state income taxes after they go public. up to $4 billion in taxes overall. numbers still in the air but we know for sure after employees start cashing this their shares how much they have to pay to the government. brooke, think of this, t
let's go. >> boehner says he'll only agree to raise the debt ceiling if it's offset by a greater amount of spending cuts. >>> u.s. stock futures flat but european markets are down on concerns again about greece. that country's president is warning of a possible run on the banks there. greek citizens are worried the country may have to leave the euro currency. they are withdrawing money from the banks, feverishly over the past few days. more on this story as it develops....
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it's interesting to hear boehner saying, listen, nowhere, period. nowhere. which sounded very final and very bloomy. earlier when i was talking to senator blumenthal, he was like, i'm optimistic. i'm kind of hopeful. what do you think? >> i think first of all the timing of this probably couldn't be worse for negotiation purposes from our perspective to some degree. right before the holidays, which is a tough time for politicians anyway. in some terms we feel like it's light years between now and the new year. it's really not. it's right around the corner. lawmakers will continue to feel a lot more pressure between now and then to get something done. at the same time we're coming off the heels of this election. to some degree we're kind of trying to find our negotiating legs, if you will. nonetheless, it's critically important. i think it's critically important we say to the american people that we get the fiscal house in order. >> how do you do that in realistically 29 days? what do you say? >> let me go back to this. no one should be surprised we are in the
it's interesting to hear boehner saying, listen, nowhere, period. nowhere. which sounded very final and very bloomy. earlier when i was talking to senator blumenthal, he was like, i'm optimistic. i'm kind of hopeful. what do you think? >> i think first of all the timing of this probably couldn't be worse for negotiation purposes from our perspective to some degree. right before the holidays, which is a tough time for politicians anyway. in some terms we feel like it's light years between...
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not one thing that speaker boehner proposed that reid said, oh, we can work with that. it's about scoring political points. the american people are tired of all of us, i understand that. we just make used car salesmen look good. that's the only group is below us. but we've got to get our act together, and prove to the american people that we can regain the trust that they once had in us and get the job done. and as you say, not kick the can down the road. they want to us work this out. i hope we do. >> let's talk about something a little more bright. the former marine stuck in mexico. if you don't know the story, he was basically trying to go on a surfing trip. an old winnebago and a bunch of surf boards and some sort of antique, torn apart gun that he wanted to use to hunt rabbits and birds. he got caught up in the judicial system and was languishing in prison, a pretty rough prison across the border and nobody from the united states seemed to be caring much about him, isn't that what was going on, congresswoman? >> absolutely. this is a feel-good christmas story with
not one thing that speaker boehner proposed that reid said, oh, we can work with that. it's about scoring political points. the american people are tired of all of us, i understand that. we just make used car salesmen look good. that's the only group is below us. but we've got to get our act together, and prove to the american people that we can regain the trust that they once had in us and get the job done. and as you say, not kick the can down the road. they want to us work this out. i hope...
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the boehner speaker boehner has already said that it's dead on arrival. that's unfortunate because basically what that's going to do, basically what the republicans are doing is hosting hostage the tax cut for the middle class. and basically going to pay another burden on people who are already struggling, the people i just watch going to work as i was on my way to the studio. it's -- unfortunate we're in a place in washington where right now where it seems like very little is going to be done. keep in mind, soledad, we only have -- once we get past this week, we have less than ten days, i think it is, up until the election, that is legislative days. >> roughly that, that's correct. how house majority whip kevin mccarthy, republican from california, you're going to have 89 current members of the democratic party who voted to extend the tax cuts the last time who are going to have to answer why they are flip-flopping with a bad economy. do you think that's going to be a problem if you voted to extend it back in 2010? >> no, because basically as far as i'm
the boehner speaker boehner has already said that it's dead on arrival. that's unfortunate because basically what that's going to do, basically what the republicans are doing is hosting hostage the tax cut for the middle class. and basically going to pay another burden on people who are already struggling, the people i just watch going to work as i was on my way to the studio. it's -- unfortunate we're in a place in washington where right now where it seems like very little is going to be done....
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boehner has said similar things. the administration seems to be open to perhaps tax rates not going up quite as much as they initially proposed but they're still absolutely insistent on those tax rate increases of some size. there's a lot that has to come together in a short period of time in order to get a deal. it's not impossible. but i think the risk of at least temporarily going over this cliff is significant. >> so, zanny minton-beddoughs says it's not a cliff. it's like a blue slope on a ski slope. christine says it's a cliff like a black diamond. >> big black diamond. >> other people have said it's a gentle slope like a sunny day slope down the hill. what is it, do you think? >> the problem is we're going to start going downhill and not know exactly whether it's a blue slope or a double diamond. you don't know exactly what's ahead of you, because we don't know how quickly a deal will come together. that's the problem. if on january 2nd the leadership of the congress and the president say, don't worry. we've g
boehner has said similar things. the administration seems to be open to perhaps tax rates not going up quite as much as they initially proposed but they're still absolutely insistent on those tax rate increases of some size. there's a lot that has to come together in a short period of time in order to get a deal. it's not impossible. but i think the risk of at least temporarily going over this cliff is significant. >> so, zanny minton-beddoughs says it's not a cliff. it's like a blue...
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more than a year ago now, speaker boehner couldn't sell it with the tea party caucus back in the house. >> big takeaway from this? >> my takeaway from the weekend not surprisingly is quite different. there are so many things that we worked on together at the meeting. there was a lot of talk about economic development and terrific sessions on health care and recognizing no matter where you are on the medicaid expansion, there are lots of things we in the states can be doing. terrific conversation bipartisan conversation with secretary arne duncan as well. there's a lot of good work that got done. i was excited to launch my own initiative, we'll be focused on the issue for jobs for people with disabilities. people are not working and would like to be, they have the time and talent and interest in working. i think we can move the needle on that issue. >> thanks for being with u. we appreciate it. >>> still ahead on "starting point," the veep stakes are heating up. mitt romney says he's going to pick a running mate soon. who will it be? we'll look at the short list to see if we can figure
more than a year ago now, speaker boehner couldn't sell it with the tea party caucus back in the house. >> big takeaway from this? >> my takeaway from the weekend not surprisingly is quite different. there are so many things that we worked on together at the meeting. there was a lot of talk about economic development and terrific sessions on health care and recognizing no matter where you are on the medicaid expansion, there are lots of things we in the states can be doing. terrific...
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the president said it is a victory for americans but john boehner has scheduled a vote already to repeal the affordable care act scheduled for july 11th. if the repeal fails, mitt romney is making a campaign promise to get rid of the law himself. here's what he's saying. >> what the court did not do on the last day in session, i will do on my first day if elected president of the united states. that is i will act to repeal obama care. >> that statement seems to have energized conservatives. the romney campaign raised $3.2 million as of 9:00 eastern last night. that was just in the window when the court's decision was announced at 9:00 p.m. governor bob mcdonnell of virginia is a campaign surrogate for mitt romney. his state was one of 26 states that sued after the affordable care act was passed. thanks for talking with us. >> hi, soledad. >> what happens now? governor romney saying in fact if he's elected into office, he's going to be sure to repeal the law. do you worry the american public by then may see we like the law? >> i doubt it, soledad. this has been a very unpopular law since
the president said it is a victory for americans but john boehner has scheduled a vote already to repeal the affordable care act scheduled for july 11th. if the repeal fails, mitt romney is making a campaign promise to get rid of the law himself. here's what he's saying. >> what the court did not do on the last day in session, i will do on my first day if elected president of the united states. that is i will act to repeal obama care. >> that statement seems to have energized...
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house speaker, john boehner, wants to keep all the bush tax cuts in place. he's starting to talk about closing up tax loopholes. conservative pundit and weekly standard editor bill kristol said it's time for republicans to come so some sort of compromise. >> conservative movement has to pull back, let people float new ideas, let's have a serious debate. don't scream and yell when one person says it won't kill the country if we raise taxes a little bit on millionaires. it really won't, i don't think. i don't understand why republicans don't take obama's offer? >> cnn's senior congressional correspondent dana bash is live for us in washington, d.c. what do you make of his comments? >> soledad, look, bill kristol is not an elected official. he doesn't get a vote. but he is a very influential gop voice here in washington. and around the country. and for him to tell republicans it wouldn't kill to them to agree to tax increases for millionaires. it's a big deal. and we heard some similar talk from republicans who do have a vote like senator bob corker. listen to
house speaker, john boehner, wants to keep all the bush tax cuts in place. he's starting to talk about closing up tax loopholes. conservative pundit and weekly standard editor bill kristol said it's time for republicans to come so some sort of compromise. >> conservative movement has to pull back, let people float new ideas, let's have a serious debate. don't scream and yell when one person says it won't kill the country if we raise taxes a little bit on millionaires. it really won't, i...
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i like what speaker boehner said and said, look, let's work on closing these loopholes and deductions. that is common ground. there's no reason why -- >> that would raise taxes on people. this is where you get this fight in the republican party. because if your taxes go up but your tax rate doesn't go up, is that a sell republicans can live with? >> it depends how it's mixed up. we don't want to raise the tax rate. if you're closing loopholes and broadening the base, lowering the rate, then i think we could get there. >> you signed groemp norquist's pledge i'm going to assume because pretty much every congressman did. >> yes. >> would you be fine doing a compromise where you would go against your signature on that pledge. if you felt there was a compromise on the table -- >> i do not -- i do not -- >> to the pledge -- dramatic, wasn't it? >> it was dramatic. >> but i need these notes so i'm going to put them back like that. >> i do not intend to do that. i want to fight for the principles i believe in. i, too, was elected, and i think that's part of the give and take. >> grover norqui
i like what speaker boehner said and said, look, let's work on closing these loopholes and deductions. that is common ground. there's no reason why -- >> that would raise taxes on people. this is where you get this fight in the republican party. because if your taxes go up but your tax rate doesn't go up, is that a sell republicans can live with? >> it depends how it's mixed up. we don't want to raise the tax rate. if you're closing loopholes and broadening the base, lowering the...
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>> well, i tell you, anytime you can get john boehner and nancy pelosi to agree on something, do it. there is bipartisan support for pushing the olympic committee to reverse this sdhigz. one of my favorite movies in the world, "field of dreams," if you build it they will come. we can make sure when our olympics go to the researches they will go to the olympics not just representing america's pride, but wearing american products. >> nice to see you, sir. thank you for being with us. >>> we'll talk to 12-time olympic medallist dara torres. she'll weigh in on the controversy and talk about her career ending. she is now retired officially. >> i was rooting for her. >>> but first, christine romans. got your name right this time, i'm glad to say. >> good morning. a 14-year cover-up. shock, sadness, rage, and happy valley this morning after a report by former fbi director louis freeh said joe paterno and officials at penn state failed jerry sandusky's victims and hid critical facts. coming up, we ask the lawyer for victim number five what the report means. >> my client is dramatic evidence.
>> well, i tell you, anytime you can get john boehner and nancy pelosi to agree on something, do it. there is bipartisan support for pushing the olympic committee to reverse this sdhigz. one of my favorite movies in the world, "field of dreams," if you build it they will come. we can make sure when our olympics go to the researches they will go to the olympics not just representing america's pride, but wearing american products. >> nice to see you, sir. thank you for being...
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boehner says this. republicans have to start somewhere, and we're going to start there. >> let's start with medicare. start with the big numbers. social security. >> you would think -- >> it's only symbolic. yes, let's go deeper. >> we can talk about that in our end point, which is coming up next. back in a moment. intensive professional effects whitestrips. it goes below the enamel surface to whiten as well as a five-hundred dollar professional treatment for a transformation that's hard to believe. ♪ wow, that's you? [ female announcer ] new intensive professional effects whitestrips. and try 3d white toothpaste and rinse. from crest. life opens up when you do. delicious gourmet gravy. and she agrees. with fancy feast gravy lovers, your cat can enjoy the delicious, satisfying taste of gourmet gravy every day. fancy feast. the best ingredient is love.
boehner says this. republicans have to start somewhere, and we're going to start there. >> let's start with medicare. start with the big numbers. social security. >> you would think -- >> it's only symbolic. yes, let's go deeper. >> we can talk about that in our end point, which is coming up next. back in a moment. intensive professional effects whitestrips. it goes below the enamel surface to whiten as well as a five-hundred dollar professional treatment for a...
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and the house democratic caucus was willing to sign on the dotted line to that compromise with john boehner and eric cantor a year ago. we remain ready, willing and able to compromise. the american people have an unquenchable thirst for solutions. they have an unquenchable thirst for compromise and consensus. at that press conference yesterday it was nancy pelosi notwithstanding what governor christie has said. it was nancy pelosi who said we remain ready, willing and able to find a compromise. to find common ground with republicans to avoid the fiscal cliff. we need solutions and not sequestration. >> jonathan karl did an interview with paul ryan and what paul ryan said in this is essentially that, that the president doesn't have a mandate. karl said he won some 300 some electoral votes, every battleground state except for north carolina. does president obama have a mandate and, and he said no, i don't think so. because then nancy pelosi would be in charge of the house of representatives. and she's not. do you think that he's got a point? >> you know what has a mandate? solutions have a ha
and the house democratic caucus was willing to sign on the dotted line to that compromise with john boehner and eric cantor a year ago. we remain ready, willing and able to compromise. the american people have an unquenchable thirst for solutions. they have an unquenchable thirst for compromise and consensus. at that press conference yesterday it was nancy pelosi notwithstanding what governor christie has said. it was nancy pelosi who said we remain ready, willing and able to find a compromise....
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. >> house speaker boehner said this. he said sort of we've been here before. seen it. done t. here's what he said. >> we've done this at least four times where there's some new government program to help homeowners who have trouble with their mortgages. none of these programs have worked. i don't know why anyone would think that this next idea is going to work. all they've done is delay the clearing of the market. >> so before we talk about clearing of the market, there are a couple of programs. there's something called ham p, the home affordable modification program designed to help 4 million people back in february of 2009. it ended up helping just under 1 million people. there's something called harp, the home affordable refinance program introduced in march of 2009 designed to help 5 million people and it helped, again, just under a million. when he assesses that and says, listen, it's not meeting the need already, why do we need this? >>'s he wrong, by the way. we can't let everybody go into foreclosure. this is not a foreclosure program. >> when you say clearing of the m
. >> house speaker boehner said this. he said sort of we've been here before. seen it. done t. here's what he said. >> we've done this at least four times where there's some new government program to help homeowners who have trouble with their mortgages. none of these programs have worked. i don't know why anyone would think that this next idea is going to work. all they've done is delay the clearing of the market. >> so before we talk about clearing of the market, there are a...
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house speaker john boehner says other costly measures like renewing jobless benefit, for example, those will have to be paid for before they can be passed. >>> rick santorum surging ahead of mitt romney by six points in michigan. that's the latest american research group poll. that has romney's super pac spending extra half a million dollars on ads in washington where romney was born, by the way, in michigan, rather, to try to avoid a loss. >>> conservative republican national review is calling on newt gingrich to drop out of the gop race. the editors there say they want to see a romney/santorum contest. >>> moody's is threatening to cut the aaa ratings of britain, france, and austria. they downgrading six other european nations including spain, italy, and for chew gal. mod difficult's is worried about the ability to enact the necessary reforms it needs to look at the debt crisis. >>> stock futures and the u.s. trading up right now. that follows european markets up. markets getting a boost over night with positive. and the german economy, largest single economy in europe. markets are vo
house speaker john boehner says other costly measures like renewing jobless benefit, for example, those will have to be paid for before they can be passed. >>> rick santorum surging ahead of mitt romney by six points in michigan. that's the latest american research group poll. that has romney's super pac spending extra half a million dollars on ads in washington where romney was born, by the way, in michigan, rather, to try to avoid a loss. >>> conservative republican national...
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. >> interesting that you bring up health care because eric cantor, something we heard from speaker boehner, he would like obama care to be back on the table. i mean, democrats say, look, this is how we squeezed out -- we squeezed money from medicare. but the republicans are saying no put that back on the table. this is what he said. >> if the president is serious about joining us and fixing the problem, he ought to be putting obama care on the table. there's no question in my mind, that is the largest expansion of government programs -- >> can you say at the moment that that's being talked about? >> all i can say is the president has got to get serious >> when i hear stuff like that i think you guys are still on completely different planets at the moment. democrats and republicans, on how to fix this. >> well, that's right. that's sort of taking the talks into reverse right now. look, the cnn poll that was conducted showed that 70% of the american people recognize that congressional republicans need to do more to cooperate with the president. they know before the election they did not do t
. >> interesting that you bring up health care because eric cantor, something we heard from speaker boehner, he would like obama care to be back on the table. i mean, democrats say, look, this is how we squeezed out -- we squeezed money from medicare. but the republicans are saying no put that back on the table. this is what he said. >> if the president is serious about joining us and fixing the problem, he ought to be putting obama care on the table. there's no question in my mind,...